Antidepressants Only 15% Better Than Sugar Pills, FDA Data Show
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Joseph Mercola The serotonin hypothesis posits that low serotonin levels in your brain are responsible for symptoms of depression. However, there’s little to no evidence for this. A number of studies have debunked the serotonin hypothesis, which is the basis upon which drug makers market selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) antidepressants like Prozac, Lexapro and […]
Depression is Probably Not Caused By a Chemical Imbalance in the Brain – New Study
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Joanna Moncrieff, Mark Horowitz For three decades, people have been deluged with information suggesting that depression is caused by a “chemical imbalance” in the brain – namely an imbalance of a brain chemical called serotonin. However, our latest research review shows that the evidence does not support it. … At first sight, the fact that […]